ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – WKU Men's Golf finished seventh out of 20 teams in the field at the Sea Palms Invitational on Saturday afternoon. WKU posted an 8-over 292 as a team in the final round. Senior Luke Fuller picked up his second top-15 finish of the season at t-11th.
"We had a really rough back nine today," said head coach Chan Metts. "In those situations, when they pressure goes up, you have to know your tendencies and be able to adjust your targets accordingly and we did not do a good job of that. It was frustrating to watch, but equally frustrating for our players because they played really hard and fought all day."
"In the end, it was a great learning experience to be in that position going into the final round and even the back nine of an event," added Metts. "My message to them was every time you fall on your face in those positions, it's just a learning experience and we will be better from it. You can't feel pressure unless you play well enough to put yourself in that position. We did that, but we will learn from that failure. I'm still really proud of the progress we have shown all year and our goal is to peak in April in Texarkana. We had really solid golf from Luke (Fuller) and Nic (Hofman) all week. They took care of the golf ball on a very tight course where a big number is just one loose swing away, and I'm very pleased with that."
Fuller finished out his tournament with a 2-over 73 at the par-71, 6,664-yard Sea Palms Course. His 54-hole score of 6-under 207 was good to tie for 11th.
Redshirt sophomore Nic Hofman posted the low round of the day for the Hilltoppers at even-par 71. He tied for 26th on the individual leaderboard.
WKU counted a pair of 74's from sophomore Riley Grindstaff and fifth-year senior Landon Carner to finish off the scorecard. The duo tied for 51st overall. Junior Connery Meyer came in at t-83rd.
Junior Aaron Pha played as an individual and he tied for 37th after shooting a final-round, 4-over 75.
WKU will be back in action on March 26 at South Alabama's Craft Farms Intercollegiate.
Results – Final
T11. Luke Fuller – 67, 67, 73 – 207
T26. Nic Hofman – 68, 73, 71 – 212
T37. Aaron Pha* – 71, 69, 75 – 215
T51. Riley Grindstaff – 70, 74, 74 – 218
T51. Landon Carner – 71, 73, 74 – 218
T83. Connery Meyer – 70, 78, 76 – 224
*competing as an individual
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